{"title":"Survey finds greater support for rights of people with physical disabilities than with mental illness or SUD","authors":"Alison Knopf","doi":"10.1002/adaw.35082","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1002/adaw.35082","url":null,"abstract":"<p>A recent survey found that there is more support for the rights of people with physical disabilities than compared with people with mental illness or substance use disorders. The study, “Support for Human and Civil Rights in Physical Disability, Mental Illness, and Substance Use,” was published online in <i>JAMA Health Forum</i> on October 2.</p>","PeriodicalId":100073,"journal":{"name":"Alcoholism & Drug Abuse Weekly","volume":"38 40","pages":"6-7"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2026-10-16","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"149206150","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Adverse outcomes of psychedelics self-reported: Survey","authors":"Alison Knopf","doi":"10.1002/adaw.35083","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1002/adaw.35083","url":null,"abstract":"<p>A nationally representative cross-sectional survey of U.S. adults found the among all psychedelics, ibogaine and 5-MeO-DMT (5-methoxy-N,N- dimethyltryptamine) resulted in the most frequent self-reported adverse outcomes, according to a recent study. The study, “Adverse Health Outcomes of Psilocybin, LSD, MDMA, Ibogaine, and 5-MeO-DMT,” by Otto Simonsson, Ph.D., and colleagues, was published September 20 in <i>JAMA Network Open.</i> The number of adults reporting adverse outcomes was greatest for psilocybin, LSD (lysergic acid diethylamide) and MDMA (methylenedioxymethamphetamine), because these substances are more commonly used. Many findings have indicated risks of cardiac adverse effects of ibogaine, consistent with its known association with QTc prolongation and arrhythmia. The study researchers said the information is important, as psychedelics such as psilocybin, LSD MDMA are in clinical trials for psychiatric disorders. Ibogaine and 5-MeO-DMT have also shown promise for psychiatric disorders in smaller trials. The study's researchers conducted a survey of 1,964 adults. Past 12-month use was reported by 1,151 respondents for psilocybin, 376 for LSD, 539 for MDMA, 74 for ibogaine and 95 for 5-MeO-DMT. The study limitations included the cross-sectional design, which precluded conclusions about causality.</p>","PeriodicalId":100073,"journal":{"name":"Alcoholism & Drug Abuse Weekly","volume":"38 40","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2026-10-16","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"149206151","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Benzodiazepine tapering a year later","authors":"Alison Knopf","doi":"10.1002/adaw.35080","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1002/adaw.35080","url":null,"abstract":"<p>The American Society of Addiction Medicine (ASAM) last year released a new guideline, in collaboration with nine other professional societies, on when and how to taper and discontinue benzodiazepines.</p>","PeriodicalId":100073,"journal":{"name":"Alcoholism & Drug Abuse Weekly","volume":"38 40","pages":"3-4"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2026-10-16","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"149206148","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Longer duration of MOUD during and after pregnancy lowers OD and death risk: Study","authors":"Alison Knopf","doi":"10.1002/adaw.35079","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1002/adaw.35079","url":null,"abstract":"<p>The longer that pregnant women with opioid use disorder (OUD) remain on medication for OUD (MOUD), the lower their risk of death and overdose during the first postpartum year, researchers have found. In “Duration of Medication Use for Opioid Use Disorder and Risk of Postpartum Overdose and Death,” published October 1 in <i>JAMA Network Open</i>, researchers from Vanderbilt University and Emory University found that 9,360 pregnancies among 7,776 individuals found that those with a greater days' supply of MOUD were less likely to have nonfatal overdose and death. The study's lead author is Ahra Kim, MPH.</p>","PeriodicalId":100073,"journal":{"name":"Alcoholism & Drug Abuse Weekly","volume":"38 40","pages":"1-6"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2026-10-16","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"149206155","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Coming Up…","authors":"","doi":"10.1002/adaw.35085","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1002/adaw.35085","url":null,"abstract":"<p>The 2026 <b>California Society of Addiction Medicine</b> (CSAM) annual conference will be held <b>October 21-24</b> in Garden Grove, California. For more information, go to https://www.csam-asam.org/events/2026-annual-conference</p>","PeriodicalId":100073,"journal":{"name":"Alcoholism & Drug Abuse Weekly","volume":"38 40","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2026-10-16","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"149206153","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"OASAS at InUnity: Challenges and victories in the SUD world","authors":"Alison Knopf","doi":"10.1002/adaw.35078","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1002/adaw.35078","url":null,"abstract":"<p>Last week's conference of the InUnity Alliance featured the New York Office of Addiction Services and Supports (OASAS) as well as the Office of Mental Health (OMH) in reporting on victories — a 44% reduction in overdose deaths — and the challenges of health services of New York. Co-occurring mental illness and substance use disorder (SUD), an increase in stimulant-related overdose deaths, online sports betting, upcoming Medicaid work requirements, and lack of an adequate workforce were among the discussed challenges.</p>","PeriodicalId":100073,"journal":{"name":"Alcoholism & Drug Abuse Weekly","volume":"38 40","pages":"1-3"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2026-10-16","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"149206149","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Starset: Reimbursement partnership between NAATP and Third Horizon","authors":"Alison Knopf","doi":"10.1002/adaw.35084","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1002/adaw.35084","url":null,"abstract":"<p>Providers now have an easier way to find out how much commercial insurance will reimburse them. Last week the National Association of Addiction Treatment Providers (NAATP) and Third Horizon today announced an expansion of their reimbursement benchmarking partnership with the launch of Third Horizon's Starset Rate Compass. This is an interactive platform thatsheds light on published negotiated commercial rates for substance use disorder (SUD) and mental health services in every state. Rate Compass builds on the initial NAATP Addiction Treatment National Rate Benchmark Report, released to members in December 2025 as the first national analysis of commercial reimbursement for facility-based addiction treatment.</p>","PeriodicalId":100073,"journal":{"name":"Alcoholism & Drug Abuse Weekly","volume":"38 40","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2026-10-16","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"149206152","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"In Case You Haven't Heard…","authors":"","doi":"10.1002/adaw.35077","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1002/adaw.35077","url":null,"abstract":"<p>To the ever constant complaints that methadone is hard to get because patients have to go to the clinic every day, this is a reminder: They don't. For years, patients have been able to access the medication on a take-home basis for a month, and even for up to two weeks, even if they are unstable. In addition, there are an increasing number of mobile vans. Leading the way is CODAC Behavioral Healthcare, which just recently brought its mobile van to the coastal town of Westerly, Rhode Island, which Taylor Swift calls home. We have been to this beautiful town. Like all beautiful towns, it has people with opioid use disorder who need treatment. Let's champion programs like this instead of trying to take down the entire methadone treatment system. Thanks to Linda Hurley and her team at CODAC. For more on the program, go to https://alisonknopf.substack.com/. Could access to methadone be easier and simpler? Yes. It would help if people would stop badmouthing the treatment.</p>","PeriodicalId":100073,"journal":{"name":"Alcoholism & Drug Abuse Weekly","volume":"38 39","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2026-10-09","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"149146700","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"A Grateful Journey!","authors":"Rob Kent Esq.","doi":"10.1002/adaw.35073","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1002/adaw.35073","url":null,"abstract":"<p>“Gratitude unlocks the fullness of life. It turns what we have into enough, and more. It turns denial into acceptance, chaos to order, confusion to clarity. It can turn a meal into a feast, a house into a home, a stranger into a friend. Gratitude makes sense of our past, brings peace for today and creates a vision for tomorrow.” ― the late Melody Beattie, recovery and self-help advocate</p>","PeriodicalId":100073,"journal":{"name":"Alcoholism & Drug Abuse Weekly","volume":"38 39","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2026-10-09","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"149146701","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Youth with OUD unlikely to get methadone, buprenorphine, or ER naltrexone: Study","authors":"Alison Knopf","doi":"10.1002/adaw.35072","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1002/adaw.35072","url":null,"abstract":"<p>Only 1 in 32 youths with opioid use disorder (OUD) who are Medicaid recipients received sustained pharmacotherapy, and most did not receive timely treatment at all, a study's researchers have found. The study, by Scott E. Hadland, M.D., and colleagues, was published online October 2 in <i>JAMA Network Open</i>. It concludes that persistent disparities occur for youths of color.</p>","PeriodicalId":100073,"journal":{"name":"Alcoholism & Drug Abuse Weekly","volume":"38 39","pages":"1-8"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2026-10-09","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"149146275","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}